Bree-Galbally
PIONEER NEWS
Any pioneers in the parish, who are due gold or silver pins please contact Eddie Dunne as soon as possible. Pins will be presented in Bree Church at Mass on Saturday, December 9. Sacred Heart Calendars costing €2.50 each and Pioneer Christmas Cards costing €3 for a pack of five are now available to buy from Eddie Dunne.
BREE PARISH JOURNAL
Preparations for Bree Parish Journal are near completion for this year’s edition due for publication before Christmas. All items, including advertisements, 50th wedding anniversaries, weddings, etc during the past two years to be advised to Jim and Clare Doyle, Garranstackle 053 9247706 or email jamcsdoyle@gmail.com immediately.
BREE AC NEWS
Bree AC AGM takes place on this Thursday November 30 at 7.30 p.m. in Bree Hall followed by the presentation of our annual Awards. Light refreshments will be served. All athletes and their parents are welcome to attend. There will be no Indoor Training on that night.
Well done to all on their performance in the Co winter league held in Enniscorthy recently: Girls - under-9 Lea Bolger – first: under-10: Ciara Laffan third, Kiera Wilson fifth, Chloe Casey eighth, Maura Doyle ninth: under-11 Katie Doyle second: under-12: Abbie Doyle first. Boys - under-8: Shane Laffan first; under-9 Jayden Kenny first, PJ Breen sixth, James Wall seventh, Conal O’Shaughnessy 15th; Sam Devereux 16th; under-10 Conn Fraser 12th: under-11 Harry Devereux third; under-14: Conor Doyle second.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
The annual St Vincent de Paul Collection will take place next Saturday and Sunday, December 2/3. The collection will be in the church Porch after Mass in Bree Galbally and Ballyohgue. All support for this worthy cause would be greatly appreciated. All money collected in the Enniscorthy district are used in the area.
BREE MACRA NEWS
Congratulations to Sarah Doyle, Cian O’Sullivan and Sinéad Doyle, who won their round of Public Speaking last weekend. Speaking on the topic ‘Population Control is vital for Humanity’ in Portloaise they overcame stiff competition to qualify for the all-Ireland Final on Saturday next, December 2. There were extra celebrations when Sinéad was also announced as Best Speaker on the night.
Great night also for the club in Kilmuckridge recently with the women’s team winning the County Title before the men’s teams topped their groups and came face to face in the final with the teams level 1-1 after full time. It took penalties to separate them and Bree A emerged champions 3-2. Bree will now travel to the all-Ireland Finals on Sunday next. Best of luck to all three teams in the all-Ireland Finals.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Chess and Draughts classes in Bree Hall continue each Tuesday night for eight- to 16-year-olds from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. All young people from the parishes of Bree, Davidstown and Cloughbawn are welcome to come along.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
Bree ARI is holding their Christmas Lunch at the Riverside Park Hotel at 1 p.m. on December 20. Booking essential at 086 0747823 or 087 7695329. Anyone needing transport contact these numbers please. Non-members €25.
DEGREE
Congratulations to Ricky Doyle, son of Syl and Sandra, who graduated with a degree in Architecture from Grenwich University recently.
BREE YOUTH CLUB
We would like to say a huge well done to all of our six teams who participated in the soccer tournament on November 17. Our under-15 and under-18 team took where pipped to the post in a penalty shootout. Great determination put in from all participants on the night.
LOCAL TRANSPORT
Local Link Wexford provides a bus service from Bree at 10.20 a.m. to Wexford on Tuesdays and to Enniscorthy at 9.35 a.m. on Thursdays. Door to door service available if required. Please contact us at 053 9196276 or wexford@locallink.ie for full details of these and all our services.